Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm's Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm.
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Friday, January 30, 2026
Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who've been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.
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OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital
This isn't the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.
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Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon
The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump's desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.
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SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime
To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.
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Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets
Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks. The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more […]
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Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork
Anthropic has extended its plugin system to operate within Cowork, the newly launched agentic platform.
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Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands
Bluesky's first transparency reports tackles moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up by fivefold.
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Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says
The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.
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Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump
Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.
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Last 24 hours to grab your +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Today is the last day to lock in a +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register here.
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short
The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.
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The iPhone just had its best quarter ever
Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever.
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Guys, I don’t think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI
One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge, report says
This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.
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